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The online route-planning tool wege-finden.at allows wheelchair users to plan their way through the city. Both official data and community-generated information are combined to suggest a real-time route to the user.
Due to poorly available data, there was no satisfactory system for barrier-free routing in Europe until 2012. wege-finden.at therefore was developed by involving a group of the future end users and by cooperating with strategic partners. The target group are persons with mobility impairments, especially wheelchair users
BIS Barriere Informations System, Web-based route planner, Austria -
A cross-sector partnership promoting accessible technology in employment
PEAT fosters cooperation among key technology leaders, stakeholders, and government agencies to make new technologies accessible. From 2013 to 2020 the website has had more than a half-million visits, and more than 200 companies use PEAT’s TechCheck benchmarking assessment.
US Department of Labor, ODEP - Office of Disability Employment Policy, Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT), United States of America -
Universal training and job services for persons with psychosocial disabilities
Shekulo Tov provides job-seeking people with psychosocial disabilities with constant and flexible support. Job applicants are offered a number of options, including vocational rehabilitation, skills development, and training programmes. Participants also receive training to measure their professional progress.
Shekulo Tov Group, vocational rehabilitation training, Israel -
An Inclusive Election Guide developed in a Sub-Saharan Country
In the run-up to the 2015 elections in Burkina Faso, Light for the World facilitated solutions that removed barriers for persons with disabilities regarding political participation. An inclusive election guide was developed, ballots were printed in Braille, and legislative bodies hired people with disabilities to ensure equality.
Light for The World Burkina Faso, Inclusive Election Guide, Burkina Faso -
Easy-to-use method for connecting communities, service providers, and the government
Citizen, Voice, and Action (CVA) is a World Vision initiative to empower people with disabilities in dialogue with public institutions to improve services such as health care and education at the local level. By 2022 the model had been implemented in more than 50 countries.
World Vision United States of America, Citizen, Voice, and Action (CVA), Colombia -
Countrywide working group making elections more accessible
Disability Inclusive Elections Sri Lanka’ is a working group of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Sri Lanka, which, in collaboration with the National Election Commission, has designed and implemented strategies and measures for the political and electoral inclusion of persons with disabilities.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Disability Inclusive Elections Sri Lanka (DIESL) Technical Working Group, Sri Lanka -
Music workshops and an orchestra for youth with disabilities
The Music Workshop’ is a project operating within Milan Petrović, a boarding school and day-care centre for youth with disabilities in Novi Sad, Serbia. Using innovative assistive technologies, participants learn to create and interpret music. In 2016 the workshops led to the creation the Good People Orchestra.
Primary and Secondary Boarding School Milan Petrovic, Novi Sad, Serbia, An accessible music programme, Serbia -
Persons with intellectual disabilities becoming self-advocates in politics
Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) and Israel Elwyn, both from Israel, launched a self- and collective-advocacy and leadership development programme for people with intellectual disabilities in 2011. By 2022 the number of self-advocates increased from 20 to 150, and the Israeli government regularly requests their input.
Beit Issie Shapiro, A self and collective advocacy and leadership development programme for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Israel -
Facilitating personal assistance service provision to persons with disabilities
WAG Assistenzgenossenschaft (WAG), an Austrian non-profit cooperative founded by people with disabilities, has been operating a personal assistance service model since 2002. The model allows high flexibility for the beneficiaries, and WAG acts as a legal employer for 685 assistants as of 2022.
WAG Assistenzgenossenschaft, Cooperative personal assistance model in Austria, Austria -
Multi-stakeholder approach towards Inclusive Education in Burkina Faso
A multi-stakeholder approach is creating an inclusive environment whereby children with disabilities and other vulnerable children can attend a school close to their hometown. The project in the community of Garango is a pilot project that will serve as a model for the National Strategy of Inclusive Education in Burkina Faso.
OCADES Caritas Burkina, Burkina Faso
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